LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

25.98 in. (66.00 cm.) (height) by 38.78 in. (98.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed A. Derain (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Derain, 1955, no. 4 (as dating from 1904) Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Les Fauves, 1962, no. 32, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Quai à Londres) Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Centenaire de la Société des Artistes Indépendants 1884-1984, 1984, illustrated in the catalogue Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art & London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Fauve Landscape, 1990-91, illustrated in color in the catalogue (titled Le Quai de la Tamise) Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Fauvism: 'Wild Beasts', 1996, no. 17, illustrated in color in the catalogue (titled Le Quai de la Tamise)

Literature:

Georges Hilaire, Derain, Geneva, 1959, no. 37, illustrated (titled Quai de Londres) Pierre Cabanne, André Derain, Paris, 1990, no. 37, illustrated in color (titled Quais sur la Tamise) Michel Kellermann, André Derain. Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Paris, 1992, vol. I, no. 94, illustrated p. 61 (as dating from 1905-06) André Derain: The London Paintings (exhibition catalogue), Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London, 2005-06, no. 12, illustrated in color p. 95

Provenance:

Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist in 1907) Pieter van der Velde, Le Havre (acquired from the above on 17th April 1908 or 11th September 1912) Private Collection, France (by descent from the above) Stephen Higgons, Paris (probably acquired from the above. Sold: Sotheby’s, London, 3rd July 1968, lot 66) Wally Findlay, Beverley Hills (purchased at the above sale) International Art Centre, Geneva (sold: Sotheby’s, London, 30th June 1987, lot 43) Purchased at the above sale by the family of the present owner